Every spring in Valais, the local Eringer cows battle it out to be declared «Queen of Queens». It's not like bullfighting, where a human fights a bull to the death. The «Combat de Reines» features cows with blunted horns vying for dominance of the herd. The annual events draw up to 50,000 spectators.
The early arrival of an early summer heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees centigrade will recede by the weekend. MeteoSwiss is predicting intermittent thunderstorms, hail and squalls of...
The Fantasy Basel expo, which started in 2015, shattered previous attendance records last week. In its first year, the combination ComicCon, Cos-Play and Gaming confab drew 20,000 attendees....
Just before lunchtime a 36 tonne crane toppled over and crashed on a road barely missing a family home in the Baselland town of Waldenburg yesterday. The 60 year old crane driver was busy with...